A few showers in some spots mainly warm and muggy. 71 degrees in philadelphia. Its warm to start with 63 degrees in mt. Pocono. Sunshine will break through the clouds. That will lead to a quick warmup 82 degrees at 11 00, well see showers and the possibility of more thunderstorms. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, lets get a look at traffic, Jessica Boyington. Any problems, jessica . We are having problems out in new jersey. Every time one clears another one pops up on the turnpike side, south of exit 7 a. Theres an extent traveling through that area in washington county, still mop touring the black horse pike. On the southbound side we were dealing with all lanes being blocked earlier this morning. Some traffic getting by between washington and friesville yod. Road. These are westbound lanes headed towards the schuylkill expressway expressway. Still no problem on 295, up towards the schuylkill. Vai. Patco will roll out six of its next generation train cars that come complete with upgraded seats, heating and cooling systems. The cars will go into service at patcos station in cherry hill shortly after 10 00. Theyre just the first in a 194 million project to remodel all 120 cars in the patco fleet. And today, septa will take the next steps in the project for the lansdowne, montgomery county. The board will get to develop the rights to a new train station on ninth street and a new parking garage. They start work on the 600space garage near the current station. Septa will also vote today to change its ad policy. The change is sparked by this advertisement on its buses. The antiislamic ad features adolf hitler. Septa will run them when a judge ruled that they have accepted another ads. Pennsylvania state lawmakers want to overturn the citys paid sick leave law. Nbc10s chris cato is live in the Digital Operations Center paid sick leave is the subject at city hall tell us about that. Well paid sick leave is the law in philadelphia for now. A panel of state senators wants to change that. It requires businesses with ten or more employees in the city to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked. Now, the state senate though has passed a bill that would overturn that law. The senate saying they need uniform laws with businesses across the state. The bill has gone on to the house now. State senator larry turn anywayscy, he is chairing a here along with state representative Maria Donatucci who represents a portion of philadelphia. Shes also cochairing this hearing today at 10 00 this morning. They both support paid sick leave. Don that tuch donatucci has introduced her own bill. Sponsors for philadelphia say it benefits 200,000 phillians or about 40 of the workforce. Well be covering that hearing as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle come here from harrisburg to impact people in philadelphia and perhaps across the state. Nbc10s Digital Operations Center. Im chris cato back to you. Police are searching for the gunman who shot a man in the mayfair section overnight. Police say the 26yearold victim was walk along cottman avenue just before midnight when two people fired several shots, hitting him in the arm. The man was treated and leased from released him from the hospital. A man of a trial accused of murdering a pregnant woman and her 4yearold daughter. Marcel johnson is charged with homicide arson and other crimes. They describe how johnson stabbed ebony cali her daughter and calis unborn child and then set her apartment on fire to hide the evidence. The defense told the jury someone elses dna was found on calis body. Johnson faces the Death Penalty if equityconvicted. Police say the man seen in this Surveillance Video is one of the suspects. Heres what happened. A 61yearold man was sleeping in an apartment above the eagle corner food store where he works on Tuesday Morning when two guys attacked him. Police say they also stole 8,000 from the store. The store owner talked to nbc10. We hope that they catch the guy. The worker suffered a fractured skull and broken ribs. Investigators believe the robbers live in that neighborhood. Meantime Police Detectives have a new clue in a search for a predator who attacked two women inside her homes in south philadelphia. Investigators say this video shows the attacker after he assaulted one woman and then stole her car. Police returned to rosen street yesterday. They checked out a report of a possible breakin at the same house where the monday attack happen investigators want to see if theres a connection. Meantime neighbors tell us theyre working to keep their community safety. Going to each and every door make sure theyre locked. 11 00, make sure your door is locked. William brown told us nothing so horrendous has ever happened in the 23 years hes lived there. Announcer now your nbc10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 7 minutes past 6 00 the sun is up and humidity up. Weve seen fog in isolated pots but the fog has started to ease as the temperatures will be climbing into the 90s this afternoon for philadelphia. First time this year. The heat and humidity leading to more showers and thunderstorms later today. Right now, sunshine in pocono mountains. 63 degrees. A few breaks in the clouds at 71 degrees and mostly cloudy skies in Atlantic City, temperatures in the 60s. Over camelback, the view from the pocono mountains, the clouds are thinning out. We will see sunshine break through the clouds in philadelphia too. And thats going to lead to a quick warmup which could fuel more showers and possibly thunderstorms. The radar is in philadelphia theres one lone shower moving through northern Lancaster County and into berks county this morning. Some quickmoving showers to start with. And a possibility of latemoving showers right along the coast. Just for Atlantic City at 10 00 this morning. While we see sunshine breaking through in philadelphia the clouds will be back this afternoon, with scattered showers at 2 00. You can see some showers in the toms river area. And a possibility of scattered showers will become more likely as we head into the Late Afternoon hours. And you can see not everybody is going to get that much needed rain at the same time. Forecast neighborhood by neighborhood. 88 degrees for allentown. Reading and quakertown in the upper 80s as well. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possibility for Doylestown Trenton and mt. Holly. Not as high as Atlantic City low 80s for cape may and rehoboth and vineland. Well see the showers pop up this afternoon. 89 for wilmington 90 for swedesboro and drexel hill. The sevenday forecast and timing of that when i come back in ten. Thursday morning, jeff was talking about new jersey accidents, one pops up and one clear, its like that whack amollamol a mole game. The accident has cleared. There was a downed pole in between washington and sizemore road. You do want to a void that area. Lets bring you in the clear there. But lets head out the doors to Hamilton Township nvn in whichew jersey as well. New jersey turnpike exit 7a theres an accident on the inner lane. Use caution. Through the work zone 402 just around 401 if youre headed southbound and northbound you cant really see in this camera moving along fine there as well. As far as area bridges no problems coming in or the city the ben, the taconypalmyra the bristol and the walt whitman as well. Texas officials are calling for evacuation as rivers dont to rise. Check out this video of a tornado that touched down there last night. And in baltimore, well tell you why lawyers for the Six Police Officers charged in the death of freddie gray want the trial moved out of the city. In texas there are calls for more evacuation near ft. Worth and houston as rivers rise toward flood stage as floodwaters start recede in some areas, crews are working to clear away debris. Nine people are still missing. At least 23 people have died in texas and oklahoma. The director for the American Red Cross is headed to north texas and oklahoma to off his assistance. Nbc10 is at the international airport, getting ready to fly out just a short time ago. The people spent their memorial day in shelters so were going to down to help any way we can. He says the region has already sent more than a dozen volunteers to that region. Hes expected throb for at least the next seven days. As if the flooding isnt enough to deal with this is video of a tornado that touched down near texas. A meteorologist filmed the twister near the town of canadian. Highways in the area were closed because of downs trees and flooding. New this morning, two lawsuits filed in the shooting death of Michael Brown in ferguson missouri have been moved to federal court. The former Police Officer who killed brown and fergusons former police chief requested the might ove. Michael browns parents are suing the city of ferguson for wrongful death. And the man walking with brown when he was gunned down filed a personal injury suit. Meantime lawyers for six baltimore Police Officers charged in the death of freddie gray are asking a judge to move their case out of the city. The attorneys say it will be impossible to select an impartial jury. Grays death while in custody last month, prompted a wave of protests some violent. The officers face charges ranging from assault to seconddegree depraved heart murder. 6 15 69 degrees outside. Leaders in pennsauken are saying no to partnering their police with camden countys regional force. The Township Council made that decision at the meeting last night. Hundreds of citizens Business Owners and Police Supporters were there. Afterwards Pennsauken Police announced they will remain a separate force. And nearly 100 people working at the Cumberland County plant will be without jobs soon. Last night gerresheimer announced the move for consolidation. Weve got a couple things to tell you about this morning. Jessica boyington is in the First Alert Traffic Center with details on that. Guys were doing a check on new jersey. A full check. Hamilton township were starting off on the new jersey turnpike on the northbound side just south of exit 7a. Theres an accident on the inner drive in the righthand lane. Use caution. And were still dealing with that emergency sinkhole out in bergton, new jersey. All of that headed towards haddon avenue thats completely closed. You want to follow the detours to get around it. And you can see volume if youre headed northbound and southbound. Southbound is typically where we see most of the day this time of the morning. You still a drive time 13 minutes up towards 38 to the black horse. Well check in with the schuylkill expressway and drive times there coming up. Announcer now your nbc10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 6 17 the sun is coming up this morning. The temperature will be soaring today. That is a warm breeze blowing the flag at center city. Low clouds will break for some sunshine. Well get enough sunshine to warm us from 70 degrees right now to possibly 90 for the first time this year. Seeing sunshine already at the shore. The fog that start things out on beach avenue is completely gone. A nice sunny view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. We should be in the 50s right now. Its 70 in philadelphia. North and west. Reading 69 degrees along with pottstown. Low 70s in delaware for middletown. 60s in Cape May Harbor one of the cooler spots at 60 degrees. Humidity and temperatures climbing. Weve seen a few spots on the radar screen this morning. Isolated spots towards reading. Its starting to wind down and lighter than an hour ago. Heavy downpours this afternoon with thunderstorms developing and warm humid conditions topping out near 90 degrees. The southwesterly winds continue. The humidity stays. It wont be as hot. Showers and thunderstorms will likely palm up again on friday. The temperatures come up on saturday while storms take a break. A breezy 88 degrees. On sunday not as hot, but the chance of showers and thunderstorms returns for the second half of the weekend. And then next week weve got some rain on the way. Cool rain 64 the high on monday. A morning low of 54. A little warmer on tuesday, but well still see rain in the area then turning partly sunny wednesday, closer to 80. 20 minutes after 6 00 right now. This morning, theres another republican running for president. Former president ial candidate Rick Santorum will begin his tour in iowa after throwing his hat in the ring yesterday. And the big yellow visitor will come to delaware this year. Hell be on the Delaware River this summer. To decision 2016 former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum begins his Campaign Tour in iowa tomorrow after announcing another president ial bid. Santorum announced his candidacy yesterday near his childhood home in butler county. Hes a favorite for the republican nomination in 2012 and santorum says americans dont need a president tied to big money. Theyre priority is process and power. My priority is you, the american worker. Santorum is joining a crowded american race including senators ted cruz rand paul marco rubio, Ben Carson Carly Fiorina and mike huckabee. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said rand paul needs to toughen up. Christie said paul was, quote, getting particularly sensitive over the disagreement. Theyre at odds over the value of the patriot act. Christie criticized those who oppose the act and paul said christie comment wasnt very nice. Hillary clinton was in South Carolina there. It was the First Campaign stop there since losing to barack obama in 2008. Bernie sanders is the only declared democrat charging Hillary Clinton so far. Solar powered advocates want the sun to be used. Governor wolfs Budget Proposal spending 225 million on Renewable Energy and efficiency programs. The solar power advocates also released a new report. It ranks philadelphia 26th nationally when it comes to solar installations, per capita philadelphia ranks 41st. Compare that to wilmington which ranks in the top ten. And get this philadelphia will approve all of its quacked up to be this summer. Ahh thank you, huh . This is rocky, and rocky will join the tall ships challenge on the river. Probably create some traffic jams as well, possibly. Good morning, everybody, Jessica Boyington with your first alert traffic. No jams or volume on route 309. Thats definitely a good thing around the p. A. Turnpike headed northbound or southbound. We are still watching an accident in Hamilton Township on the new jersey turnpike northbound. And now the righthand lane coming up im going to show you the schuylkill expressway and the drive times there. For now, were going to check on the forecast for later on this afternoon and today with bill henley. Jessica later on the fog will be clear in the pocono mountains. Well see spots of fog starting to thin out and it will be gone as the temperatures climb. Were at 69 degrees right now at 5 25 in the morning. And light fog is in the coastal areas. Mile and a quarter visibility. Onemile visibility in hazleton and that is an improvement. Well last nights thunderstorms brought a little rain to the region but the Drought Conditions are impacting the crops. Katy zachry is looking at how its impacting farmers. Reporter hi vai, its not good. Farmers here in hammonton say its difficult for them to even plant in their fields. Coming up ill tell you how this could affect the quality of fruits and vegetables you buy in the stores. Roar and im matt delucia, updates on the rails. Ill have an update on what you can expect coming up. Announcer this is nbc10 news. Today, the battle for paid sick time in philadelphia ramps up again. There is a hearing at city hall as some state lawmakers try to erase the citys new law. Dealing with dry weather. The rain is taking a toll on local farmers. Were live with a look at the impact and what it could mean for you. And you can see some scattered storms again in some portions of our area after Mother Nature will turn up the heat again today. Were tracking the heat and storms in the first alert forecast. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im vai sikahema. And im tracy davidson. That picture showed the lowlying clouds. Lets get details with meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast bill. And youll feel the humidity first thing this morning. The temperature will likely be higher this afternoon. Weve hit 89 the last couple days. Of course, youll be cooler at the shore and its sunnier at the shore. Thats a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. Temperatures are in the low 60s at the shore and into the low 80s. Definitely a warm start, 71 degrees at philadelphia international, even north and west for reading and allentown. In the 60s this morning. Unusually warm for this had time of year. The clouds that are starting off will break for some sunshine. Look at the warmup 82 degrees at 11 00. 87 and climbing at 2 00 today. We will likely see more showers and thunderstorms in parts of the area this afternoon. Well go through the forecast hourbyhour, the future weather when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, i check in with Jessica Boyington at the First Alert Traffic Center to see how things are moving on the roads. Bill its starting to look like a morning rush. Starting to jam in the typical spots in the southbound lanes. Right in the work zone where you we always see the first spots of volume, 27 minutes from the woodhaven up towards the vine street expressway. You see some yellow cars red cars at some point when you head towards the schuylkill expressway. Well starting to see that expressed in drive times, 17 minutes towards the blue route. We have a good alternate, mass transit. Theres no problems or delays on an amtrak or new jersey transit. Patco will roll out six of its next generation train cars. Nbc10s matt delucia is live at the cherry hill station in camden. Tell us about the cars. Reporter well vai, some of patcos cars have been in separation since 1969. Its the first Major Overhaul of the system. Six new cars will be rolling out later today. The beginning of a 159 million rehabilitation plan. After today, more cars in the patco fleet will be upgrade as well. Patco says the trains are just outdated. Decades old. Now in with the part of the modern interior and updated systems for riders that go from new jersey to philadelphia and vice versa. There will be a press conference later on with local leaders to unveil the new railcars. Again, more will be coming. But for now, only six of the 120 that will be unveiled and rolling out later on today. Again, this is just in the beginning stages. And well take more time for the entire fleet is rehabilitated. For now, its just the beginning. Live in camden im matt delucia, nbc10 news. New from overnight, a man is in the hospital after a fire started in his home in philadelphias ogontz neighborhood. Crews quickly put the flames out. The victim suffered from smoke inhalation but is expected to be okay. Happening today, a judge will officially sense raf Fay Yael Jones the man who murdered philadelphia Police Officer moses walker jr. Jones already knows hell spend the rest of his life in prison for killing officer walker a 19 year veteran and a deacon at his church. The officer was wearing plain clothes when jones and another man tried to rob him and shot him. A judge sentenced jones accomplished from 20 to 40 years in prison. Its 6 34 and 71 degrees outside. Will Pennsylvania State lawmakers overturn philadelphias paid sick leave law . Thats the subject of a hearing today at city hall. Right now, businesses in philadelphia, with ten or more employees, have to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked but the state senate voted to overturn that law saying we need uniform laws across the state. That bill is now in the house. Last nights thunderstorms brought some rain to the area but the overall dry conditions are beginning to impact produce on local farms. Nbc10s katy zachry is live for us in hammonton, Atlantic County where the lack of rain has affected the crops. Katy, what can you tell us . Reporter it really is vai, because of droughtlike conditions you could end up paying more for your favorite produce this summer and the size of fruits and vegetables well they can be different too. See how thats crinkle right there . Reporter zucchinis on the south jersey farm are not the only vegetables suffering from droughtlike conditions. The blueberry crop is ripening faster than it should. The heat is making it turn blue before it grows to size. They should not be this small. They should probably be twice that size. Reporter its a constant battle to keep the crops wet enough. Judy deficcio is watering up to 18,000 gallons a day. When it stops, theres no process, when it rains, you dont have that you dont normally have that this time of year. Reporter she does not remember such extreme Drought Conditions so early on in the season. Shes worried about this summers crops, as well as the effect on her entire farm. When plants are under stress theyre more likely to get disease. Or theyre more likely to be attacked by different pests so it affects everything. Reporter and right now, youre taking a live look at blueberry bushes what hammonton is known for. Normally, the food is harvested mid to late june. Because the heat has set up the ripening process, farmers tell me they think they may have to harvest the fruit earlier this seeng. Season. Reporting live kate . Zachary. 6 36 and the temperature has started coming up now, 71 degrees in philadelphia. Areas of fog that started in some spots north and west in the allentown area pocono mountains, those are starting to thin out. We will see a hot and humid day today, and that will likely lead to more showers and thunderstorms. Its not going to be the widespread rainfall that the farmers are looking. 61 degrees, 71 degrees in northeast philadelphia. Cloudy skies in Atlantic City. While there are clouds over atlantic citier weve got sunshine on beach avenue. Thats a nice sunny view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. Temperatures will be climbing in the low 80s. Inland, well be watching the radar screen as the steam and heat will be on and thunderstorms likely to pop up during the day. The hourbyhour forecast shows a potential for showers at the short. During the later morning hours. Updated information as we go into the afternoon. Theres rainfall for parts of new jersey. You can see not everybody is getting it at the same time. Just some scattered showers north and west at 2 00. As we go into the later afternoon hours, you can see some storms pop up in hammonton and burlington counties. Keep an eye on the sky, and find a closer place to hang out. Allentown and reading, 80 degrees for the pocono mountains. Clouds will break for sunshine. And a quick warmup for Doylestown Trenton and mt. Holly. Showers and thunderstorms at the storm. Cooler in Atlantic City while cape may and rehoboth reaches up to the 80 degrees mark. Much warmer where we see the showers and thunderstorms. 90s for drexel hill swedesboro. Believe it or not, im tracking cooler weather on the sevenday forecast when i come back in ten. All right. 6 38 this thursday morning. If you take the majors to work or school we want to give you a headsup on where the trouble spots are. Nbc10s traffic reporter Jessica Boyington is watching volume build. On the schuylkill expressway where we typically see the increase, right now, is this a look on the schuylkill and city avenue. Approaching the king of prussia area. A 17minute drive time from the vine street expressway up through the blue route always identical into the center city area. As we check on incidents out in new jersey on the new jersey turnpike, theres an accident still on the northbound side south of exit 7a on the inner drive on the righthand lane. Use caution in traveling through. Still dealing with emergency road work repair in berlin. On the white horse pike on the westbound headed towards haddon avenue, take the local detours to get around. Investigators think they know whos behind the hacking of an irs website. Plus today in torquenew york well get a sneak peek at the observatory. And changes to the center city mall. And the redevelopment plan moves forward. New this morning, in the past 90 minutes, russian president Vladimir Putin spoke about the investigation and rage involving soccers governing body fifa. Heization the United States is meddling in fifas affairs trying to take away russias world cup. Yesterday, authorities arrested 14 fifa officials on accusations. The next world cup in qatar will go as planned. The family of a girl you see being attacked in these images has filed a 10 million lawsuit. The 9yearold girl was bullied and punched over and over again despite repeated cries she wasnt going to fight. She no longer wants to ride the school bus. The parents are suing the driver the School District and money. Theyre not worried about suing for money, theyre worried about the School District acknowledging bullying in the school. Im happy because i know that they care about me. School and county Officials Say the bus driver is now on leave. We have new information on that cyberattack on the irs. The agency believes the thieves who hacked personal Tax Information from its website are from russia. The irs said the crooks stole data from more than 100,000 u. S. Taxpayers in a scheme that claimed bogus refunds. If youre impacted by the irs, the irs says it will notify you and provide you with free credit tracking. This morning, the centers for Disease Control is recommending four lab workers get preventive treatment after working with anthrax spores that may have been live. The pentagon says live anthrax samples were mistakenly shipped to labs in as many as nine states including new jersey and delaware. The cdc says it does not believe theres any risk for the general public. Happening today, work begins to improve security at the white house, specifically the white house fence. That comes following a number of Security Breaches over the past few years. The improved fence will include a pointed anticlimb feature. Also happening today, some people will get a preview of the new World Trade Center observatory. It features reviews in new york city. The rings of views calls the city pulse shows you whats going on in the city at any given time. A Philadelphia CityCouncil Committee may take a significant step towards the redevelopment of the galley mall. The renovation plans seen in this would be the anchor for redevelopment east of city hall. City council will consider five bills and one resolution which is critical to the sale of the gallery mall. This moves new improvements for the market east strip. Market street has been kind of shady. Late of the stores you go in and buy cheap jewelry and stuff like that. It kind of needs to be revitalized. Theres already a chance on market east. This dirt pit is soon to be the space for retail and housing. This morning, Philadelphia City council will honor the 10yearold known as south phillys dragon boy. The 10yearold has autism and he expresses himself by drawing dragons on tshirts. Hes been selling those tshirts to raise money for autism. The casinos looking to Online Gambling for help may not be seeing the revenue they expected. At a gambling conference in Atlantic City participants agree that gambling is off to a slow start in the u. S. But still a potential for growth. They say the Biggest Challenges is that banks are hesitant to handle credit card payments for online bets. Preparing for the pope. Area officials will meet in Delaware County to discuss of the impact the popes visit will have on School Safety programs. Leaders of Public Safety agencies will Exchange Ideas at a summit in athens. Guest speakers will include First Responders and members of the secret service and Homeland Security department. Theyll discuss areas such as extreme weather and keeping students safe including those with special needs. The semifinals and championship round at the National Spelling bee near washington happened today. Unlat correct the competition began yesterday. Nearly a dozen of those students are from our area. A seventh grader at the immaculate heart of mary school in wilmington told us hes just honored to be part of it all. Im very thankful im in this competition. Since i got the first word i can have the right to say i didnt get the first word. That is something. Unfortunately, none of the students from our area made the semifinals. The winner will get 35,000 in cash and prizes. Happening today, we could finally hear from the birds newest quarterback who gets a lot of attention, will he play of course, were talking about tim tebow. Fans are wondering what role hell have in the offense if he makes the roster this summer. Were expecting to hear from head coach chip kelly. Nbc10, of course is the official station of the philadelphia eagles. Now, lets go to new york and the today show savannahs husband is paying attention to whats going on with tim tebow and the eagles. We say good morning. Thats right, shes still chanting are you still thought as much eagles all the way. Good morning, guys straight ahead on today, were live in texas. Theres fears of even more flooding down there. And that has led to a new round of evacuations. Well fill new. A settlement has been reached in that deadly accident that seriously injured actor tracy morgan. His attorney is joining us and talking to us about how tracy is doing nearly a year later. Were going to introduce you to the most popular great white sharks in the word. As we launch a quest to dive live with those fierce creatures. All that and more as we get start on thursday morning here on today. Matt, are you going to have a wet suit on later . Im not going in there, not in a million years. I didnt get close to the sea lion story yesterday. All right, guys well see you in about ten. All right, take care. Announcer now your nbc10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 10 minutes before 7 00. Weve got clouds and a muggy start this morning. With temperatures that had cooled into the 60s but philadelphia is back in the low 70s. And well hit 90 degrees for the first time this afternoon. Right now, 71 at philadelphia international. Look at this humidity. 82 . Just want to stay high through the day. Things chilling out at lake wallenpaupack. Humidity not quite as high in the mountains for part of the area. We can see the clouds in the area. The clouds are hanging over south jersey and those extend into delaware and into the philadelphia area. We will get breaks in the clouds, that will lead to a warmup. There are more clouds in the future. A chance of showers, weve seen an isolated shower fizzle over berks county first thing this morning. Widespread showers will pop up during the afternoon hours. Not everybody is going to get the rainfall at the same time. Future weather shows heavy downpours over the ocean counties for the morning hours. Scattered lighter showers are expected in the pennsylvania suburbs. So the forecast calling for steamy weather either way, a warm humid morning. Afternoon storms and temperatures that will climb into the upper 80s to low 90s. 90 degrees for the first time this year in philadelphia. Tomorrow, not as hot, but just as steamy and more showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. But those storms take a break saturday. The heat will still be on 88 degrees, a warm breeze rolling in saturday. A little cooler and chance of storms on sunday. It will cool down comes into play next week. Rain monday. 64, the high temperature. And low 70s. You still need an umbrella on wednesday. But you can put it away wednesday afternoon, 78 degrees. All right, bill. Eight minutes before 7 00. Volume really starts to build around this time in the roads. Nbc10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has got her eye on what is that 95, im looking at . Yeah 95 we always can count on 95 at least this time vai, right around cottman avenue. Thats the first spot always to jam up. Up towards the vine street expressway, you can see on the northbound side, not really a lot to speak of there. Good news on that side as we head out to 422, you can see red cars in different spots, some yellow making it slow as we head towards the schuylkill expressway, its going to take a 14minute trip and no problems if youre headed westbound. Another check on new jersey still dealing with this ramp closure in berlin. The white horse pike towards haddon avenue you we want take local detours. Something new for patco riders and sure to make the commute a little more comfortable. Nbc10s matt delucia has more. Reporter yeah, decades after the patco car started rolling, a new and major upgrade. Well fill you in coming up after the break. Reporter and im katy zachry live in hammonton where things are so dry, farmers say theyre having a tough time planting in the field. Coming up how this could affect the fruits and vegetables we buy in the store in the season. Patco will be unveiling and rolling out new railcars. Six of them will be rolling out today. Part of a 194 million rehabilitation plan. After toe, 114 cars in the patco fleet will be updated as well. Patco says the trains are just outdated. It will be a new modern interior. The first ones to start rolling out after 10 00 this morning. Live in camden. Im matt delucia, nbc10 news. Reporter and im katy zachry live in hammonton where dry conditions are affecting fruits and vegetables at this farm. She said theyre harvesting strawberrieses right now. Theyre picking blueberries next month. The problems is they have ripened too fast before they fill out to size. Some farmers are watering their crops up to 18 hours a day to make up for the lack of rain. Reporting live in hammonton. Katy zachry, nbc10 news. Good morning, everyone Jessica Boyington with your first alert traffic. Were out on the vine street expressway right around broad street. Drive time is still doing okay. If you head west, youll see more of that delay heading into the schuylkill expressway. Still, youre having a good drive there. As we head out the door to the rest of the drive times, majors 95 a 31minute trip schuylkill expressway jamming up. No problems on the blue route. Announcer now your nbc10 first alert weather. A steamy start this morning. Youre looking at a warm breeze blowing. The temperatures are in the 70s in philadelphia. With high humidity. Were watching the radar screen. See showers and thunderstorms now offshore in the northeast. A good possibility well see thunderstorms developing this afternoon and into this evening. Heavy downpours are more likely in new jersey than in pennsylvania or delaware. 21 degrees in phil. Northeast philadelphia at the airport already up to 72. Design in roxborough. The clouds will break. Mostly cloudy here from the nbc10 studios. Temperatures in the upper 80s. Looks like 90 degrees for the first time this year in philadelphia. Today show is up next. Local updates in about 25 minutes. You can always get updated information at the nbc10 news app. Thanks for watching. Good morning. Breaking overnight, more tornadoes, more flooding. New Evacuations Ordered in texas. And the dramatic new video of the terrifying moment one familys home filled with water. Oh, no in the forecas the water keeps on coming. Not again the government once again, miss handled live anthrax. This time the pentagon sending it through fedex to labs in nine different states. Officials say there is no cause for alorm but four peoplearm, but four people are being treated just in case. Where are you going . A florida pilot arrested